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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Project Curacao Installed

Today was the big day.  We mounted the Project Curacao wind turbine and the box up on the tower.  March 13, 2014.

It's running fine.  You can see the graphs and latest picture on http://www.milocreek.com/projectcuracaographs.  Thank you MiloCreek for hosting this page.

The tilt of the box is different than design due to mismatched tower parts.  It's flat rather than tilted up.  Hence the camera shows a lot of roof!  (We are calling it roofcam around here).

It is up and connected to the wireless router even through the metal roof.  The different tilt angle also reduces the solar power to the main unit, so it only runs about 7 hours a day.  The wind turbine may make up the difference.  We will see in a few days.



RasPiConnect Camera Screen




Final Charge before the Installation



The Wind Turbine being Hoisted up the Tower

Installation of the Wind Turbine
Bringing the Box up the Tower
Attaching the Box and the Wind Turbine Wiring
Working in the Sun
The Complete System Installed


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